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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Tri-West Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
432
Middle
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH WEST HENDRICKS SCHOOLS·NCES 180810001670
Tri-West Middle School
555 W US Hwy 136, Lizton, IN 46149 · (317) 994-4200 · Hendricks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Indiana public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
95 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 136 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 32% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tri-West Middle School→Tri-West Senior High School
Based on grade levels within North West Hendricks Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
51.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tri-West Middle School
Tri-West Middle School's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-West Middle School this school | 432 | 22.0% | 58.5% |
| New Palestine Jr High School New Palestine | 606 | 25.4% | 45.7% |
| Leo Elementary School Leo | 653 | 23.4% | 54.3% |
| East Tipp Middle School Lafayette | 547 | 23.9% | 55.4% |
| Adams Central Middle School Monroe | 324 | 28.7% | 58.1% |
| Cascade Middle School Clayton | 332 | 29.5% | 45.5% |
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tri-West Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #31 of 324 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #68 of 325 | #9 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #24 of 325 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #213 of 334 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #241 of 314 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #233 of 315 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #315 of 330 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #126 of 187 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
432
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 432 | 25.8 | 16.8:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 24.5 | 18.2:1 | 26% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 23.5 | 18.9:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 20% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 19 | 23.1:1 | 19% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri-West Middle School.
About Tri-West Middle School
Federal records list Tri-West Middle School as a middle-grades school in Lizton, Indiana. The school enrolls 432 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Indiana) has about 594 students.
Tri-West Middle School is run by North West Hendricks Schools, whose 5 schools enroll 1,958 students.
White students are the large majority at Tri-West Middle School, with 88% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Black, 2% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 78% of Hendricks County residents are White. By the diversity index, Tri-West Middle School comes in at 22%.
At Tri-West Middle School, 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.8:1. That ratio is over the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 22% of enrollment. That is 17 points below the 39% average for public schools in Hendricks County.
allk12 grades Tri-West Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Tri-West Middle School would be expected to post about 60.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hendricks County show that median household income is about $101,144, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Tri-West Middle School is one of 47 public schools in Hendricks County, which together enroll about 33,487 students.
Tri-West Senior High School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Tri-West Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Tri-West Middle School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 464 in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, a decrease of 32 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2020-21 to 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North West Hendricks Schools
- Tri-West Senior High SchoolHigh · 613 students
- Pittsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Pittsboro Primary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- North Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
Nearby schools
- Tri-West Senior High School0.3 mi · 613
- Pittsboro Primary School3.6 mi · 332
- Pittsboro Elementary School3.7 mi · 350
- North Salem Elementary School5.6 mi · 231
- Granville Wells Elementary School7.5 mi · 389
- North Elementary School7.7 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Tri-West Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tri-West Middle School?
Tri-West Middle School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Tri-West Middle School serve?
Tri-West Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Tri-West Middle School have?
Tri-West Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Tri-West Middle School?
Student demographics at Tri-West Middle School are roughly 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Tri-West Middle School public or private?
Tri-West Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North West Hendricks Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.